Utah Stars
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The Anaheim Amigos was an American Basketball Association (ABA) team based in Anaheim, California, USA. The team began play in the fall of 1967, in the Anaheim Convention Center. The team's colors were orange and black.
The Anaheim Amigos became the Los Angeles Stars in 1968 and played at the Los Angeles Sports Arena until 1970. At which point it moved to Salt Lake City, Utah, to become the Utah Stars.
The Utah Stars played at the Salt Palace from 1970 to December, 1975 when the team folded during the 1975-1976 ABA season. They won the ABA championship in the 1970-1971 season over the Kentucky Colonels 4 games to 3 and reached the championship again in the 1973 to 1974 season, losing to the New York Nets 4 games to 1.
Pro basketball returned to Salt Lake City when the NBA's New Orleans Jazz relocated there in 1979.